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(Black Interior)
Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina basketball team for almost forty years, turning out stars like Michael Jordan, Kenny Smith, and George Karl. He’s here to explain his coaching philosophy: play hard, play smart, and play together. Then Andrew Schneider talks about asbestos poisoning in Libby, Montana. Elizabeth Alexander on what she calls “the black interior” - African-American creativity. And a discussion with Guy Cheli about Sing Sing prison.
Dean Smith
Events:Dean Smith will be ...
Andrew Schneider
Andrew Schneider is co-author with David McCumber of An Air That Kills: How the Asbestos Poisoning of Libby, Montana Uncovered a National Scandal. The book is the result of their research on the General Mining Act and the decades-long poisoning of a small town.
Music: A Civil Action ...
Music: A Civil Action ...
Guy Cheli
Guy Cheli’s history and photo collection of The Big House is Sing Sing Prison.
Music: Bessie Smith “Sing Sing Prison Blues”
Music: Bessie Smith “Sing Sing Prison Blues”
Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander writes about modern black artists, writers and actors in her essay collection, The Black Interior.
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Events: Elizabeth Alexander will be reading tonight at 7 pm at the Studio Museum in Harlem
Music: He Got Game ...
» Read more about the author
Events: Elizabeth Alexander will be reading tonight at 7 pm at the Studio Museum in Harlem
Music: He Got Game ...
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